Lake · Armenia
Lake Sevan
Lake in Armenia
- Area
- 1,242km²
- Max depth
- 81m
- Average depth
- 26m
- Elevation
- 1,898m a.s.l.
- Shoreline
- 234km
- Volume
- 32.9km³
Lake Sevan is a lake in Armenia. It covers 1,242 km². On average it is 26 m deep, and 81 m at its deepest point. Its surface lies 1,898 m above sea level.
Plan your visit
Stay, sail and get there
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The water
How warm is Lake Sevan?
The water is warmest in August, around 19 °C at the surface, and coldest in February, around 0 °C. It rarely averages 20 °C, but it stays above 17 °C from July to August: brisk, refreshing swimming.
It does not normally freeze in winter.
On the shore, afternoons reach 25 °C on average in August and 0 °C in January. The driest month is December (15 mm of rain), the wettest May (59 mm).
Average surface temperature measured by the Landsat 8 satellite between 2013 and 2021 at the point furthest from the shore (105 readings). Shallow bays and beaches are often warmer.
From above
The whole lake from space
Month by month
The year at the lake, month by month
Not a forecast: these are averages over many years. Water is the 2013–2021 average; air, rain, sun and wind are the 1991–2020 average.
Water: 2013–2021 averageClimate: 1991–2020 average
| Month | Water°C | Water high°C | Air high°C | Air low°C | Rainmm | Rainy daysdays | Sunh/day | Windkm/h |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 2 | 4 | 0 | -9 | 18 | 4 | 4.4 | 13 |
| February | 0 | 1 | 2 | -7 | 17 | 4 | 4.9 | 13 |
| March | 1 | 2 | 7 | -3 | 29 | 6 | 4.6 | 13 |
| April | 4 | 7 | 12 | 2 | 45 | 10 | 5.4 | 10 |
| May | 10 | 13 | 17 | 7 | 59 | 12 | 7.3 | 9 |
| June | 16 | 18 | 22 | 11 | 48 | 10 | 9.1 | 9 |
| July | 19 | 19 | 25 | 13 | 28 | 7 | 9.0 | 11 |
| August | 19 | 19 | 25 | 13 | 23 | 5 | 8.9 | 10 |
| September | 17 | 18 | 21 | 10 | 24 | 5 | 7.5 | 9 |
| October | 14 | 16 | 14 | 5 | 38 | 7 | 5.8 | 9 |
| November | 10 | 12 | 7 | -2 | 20 | 5 | 4.6 | 10 |
| December | 6 | 8 | 2 | -7 | 15 | 4 | 3.8 | 12 |
Water: LakeTEMP (Landsat 8, 2013–2021). Air, rain, sun and wind: NASA POWER, 1991–2020 averages. A rainy day has at least 1 mm of rain. Sunshine hours are derived from measured solar radiation.
Size & depth
How big, how deep
- On average, water stays in the lake for about 90 years before flowing out.
- Its catchment drains 4,729 km² of land.
- About 12 m³ of water flow out every second, on average.
Around the shore
What's around Lake Sevan
Counted within 1.5 km of the shoreline in OpenStreetMap, the map anyone can edit.
- 48beaches and swimming spots
Adana, Cocobello, Amico, WishUP Shore, 3+2 and 43 more
- 31campsites
Lori, Place camping, Seven, Camping sauvage, Camping NAL and 26 more
- 2boat hire and water-sport clubs
Sevan Water Rent, Yerevan Sailing Club "Surfex"
- 1marinas and slipways
Noy Land
- 1ferry piers
- 8viewpoints
Rusa I inscription and 7 more
- 46hotels, B&Bs and chalets
Noy Land, Best Western Bohemian Resort, "Van" Hotel, Noy Land Resort, Bexlu and 41 more
- —fishing spots
- 56restaurants and cafés
Towns on the shore
- Sevan19,652 people
- Martuni12,034 people
- Tsovinar4,550 people
- Tsovagyugh4,356 people
- Lchashen4,301 people
- Vaghashen3,964 people
- Artsvanist3,084 people
- Tsakkar2,881 people
Nearest airport with scheduled flights: Zvartnots International Airport (EVN), 84 km in a straight line.
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Recent years
How each month compared
Afternoon high on the shore. The first row is the reference, the 1991–2020 average in °C; the years below show the difference from it: warmer in orange, cooler in blue.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1991–2020 average | 0.1 | 2.0 | 6.8 | 11.7 | 17.0 | 22.0 | 25.1 | 25.3 | 20.7 | 14.2 | 6.7 | 1.8 |
| 2020 | −0.1 | ±0.0 | +2.1 | −1.9 | +1.6 | +1.4 | −0.3 | −3.8 | +0.7 | +1.7 | −0.3 | −0.3 |
| 2021 | +2.8 | +2.1 | −2.4 | +3.6 | +2.8 | +3.7 | +0.4 | +1.6 | −0.1 | −1.9 | +1.4 | +1.9 |
| 2022 | −0.6 | +1.2 | −5.0 | +3.4 | −1.4 | +1.4 | +0.3 | +1.6 | +2.8 | +1.2 | +1.5 | +0.3 |
| 2023 | +0.7 | −2.1 | +3.0 | +1.4 | −0.1 | −1.5 | −1.2 | +0.9 | −1.6 | +0.5 | +3.9 | +3.1 |
| 2024 | +0.8 | +0.2 | −0.8 | +4.4 | −2.4 | −0.2 | −2.3 | −1.1 | −0.8 | −1.2 | +0.1 | +0.5 |
| 2025 | +2.6 | −3.6 | +2.5 | +0.8 | +1.7 | −1.1 | +0.6 | +1.9 | −1.9 | +0.8 | +5.5 | +0.5 |
+1 warmer than usual −1 cooler than usual
Nearby
More lakes nearby
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| Outline, area, depth, volume | HydroLAKES v1.0 (Messager et al. 2016) · CC BY 4.0 |
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| Water temperature and ice | LakeTEMP v1 (Korver et al. 2024), Landsat 8 2013–2021 · CC BY 4.0 |
| Air, rain, sun, wind | NASA POWER, 1991–2020 · public domain |
| Names and description | Wikidata (Q181932) · CC0 |
| Around the shore | © OpenStreetMap contributors · ODbL |
| Images | EOX Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 · CC BY 4.0; Wikimedia Commons |
Every figure is an average or a count from a public dataset. Licences and methods: data sources.
